WM. HENRY MAULE, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Flower Seeds— 121 



BiDENS. 



BiGNONIA, GrANDIFUORA. 



BIDENS 



Hardy Annual 



1140 Plants grow 2% feet high, producing an abundance of crimson- 

 maroon colored flowers of velvety texture about 4 inches in diameter. 

 The flowers resemble a miniature Century Flowered Black Dahlia or 

 Cosmos. Excellent for cut flowers. Packet, 10 cents. 



BIGNONIA 



Hardy Perennial Climber 



Trumpet Creeper. One of the handsomest hardy climbers, bearing 

 large clusters of orange red flowers, which always attract humming 

 birds. Mostly grown on trees or walls. Useful for covering unsightly 

 places, stumps or wherever a flowering vine is desired, though it can be 

 cut back and made almost self-supporting. Usual height 10 to 30 feet. 



1143 GRANDIFLiORA. Flowers are orange-red; short tube. Free 

 blooming; very hardy and a rapid grower. Packet, 10 cents. 



BIRD OF 

 PARADISE 

 FLOWER 



Tender Perennial 



1144 This striking and 

 attractive flower has 

 lately become widely 

 popular. The blossoms 

 are of a rich golden yel- 

 low, about inches in 

 diameter, produced in 

 large trusses, the most 

 striking feature being 

 the long. Incurving sta- 

 mens and pistils, of a 

 beautiful, bright crim- 

 son color. Seed should 

 be soaked in warm 

 water and planted in the 

 open ground or started 

 indoors in a light, sandy 

 soil. A sunny situation 

 is required, in dry and 

 very warm soil, and no 

 water other than the 

 rains will be needed 

 after the plants are es- 

 tablished. Plants may 

 be lifted in the fall, 

 potted up, taken indoors, where they will make very serviceable house 

 Plants during the winter. Packet, 10 cents. 



BITTER SWEET 



Hardy Perennial-Climber 



1145 A handsome twining shrnb grown for the beauty of the orange 

 colored seed pods and scarlet coating of the fruit. Pretty in autumn, 

 t^iegant for clinging to walls, trees, etc. Packet, 5 cents. 



BLACK EYED SUSAN 



See Thunbergia. 



Blue Daisy. 



BLUE DAISY 



Tender Perennial 



1146 Grows about 1% feet high, of branching habit, producing an 

 abundance of clear, sky blue flowers. Very jn-etty for summer decor- 

 ation in the garden, and equally desirable for winter blooming. Seed 

 may be started in the house in shallow boxes containing rich gar- 

 den soil, covered with sand and kept moist. Packet, 10 cents. 



BOCCONIA 



Hardy Perennial 



1139 CORDATA. Plume Poppy or Tree Celandine. A splendid and 

 effective variety for single specimens, groups on the lawn or for the 

 hardy flower bed. The foliage is glaucous green, large and handsome. 

 During July and August it produces freely spikes 2 to 3 feet long of 

 large panicles of creamy white flowers. Pleight 5 feet. Easily raised 

 from seed. Packet, 5 cents; }4 ounce, 15 cents; onnce, 50 cents. 



£^A5r year I did the largest business in Flower Seeds J ever 

 did in the 35 years I have been at it. Select $3.00 worth 

 of packets and ounces, remit $2.00. See back of order sheet. 



Brachycome. 



Hardy Perennial 

 1147 GI/ASTlFOIilA. Six feet high, Avith immense numbers o; 

 white flowers nearly 1 inch in diameter. Resembling the hardy a.ster. 

 Blooms from August until frost. A desirable plant. Packet, 10 cts. 



Mrs. George N. Wise, Mt. Crawford, Va.-l received the finest pinks from tlie 

 Marguerite Carnation seed I got from you J ever saw, and everv one who hhw thf^m 

 thought BO too. " 



See Ampelopsis. 



BRACHYCOME 



Tender Annual 



Swan River Daisy, A compact, pretty annual, growing about 8 inches 

 high, and flowering freely during the summer. Flowers blue or white. 

 Sow seed in the open ground, after the weather is warm, or start in 

 boxes or frames and transplant. Excellent for edging. 



1148 MIXED. Packet, 5 cents; }4 ounce, 35 cents. 



rpHE Asters offered on pages 116 to 120, and the Salvias offered on 

 paget 151 and 152, some varieties of which are shown in colors on the 

 Sra and back cover of this Seed Book, represent the hirjhext development 

 in these flowers to date and should be in every gardeii. 



